The Hideout (film)

The Hideout
Italian: Il Nascondiglio
Directed by Pupi Avati
Produced by Antonio Avati
Written by Pupi Avati
Screenplay by Francesco Marcucci
(adaptation)
Starring
Music by Riz Ortolani
Cinematography Cesare Bastelli
Production
companies
  • Duea Film
  • Rai Cinema
  • Motion Pictures Midwest
Distributed by
Release date
  • November 16, 2007 (2007-11-16) (Italy)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country
  • Italy
  • United States
Language
  • Italian
  • English

The Hideout (Italian: Il nascondiglio) is a 2007 Italian-American mystery film written and directed by Pupi Avati. It marked the comeback of Avati to the thrilling genre (a genre he had successfully explored decades before in films such as The House with Laughing Windows and Zeder) after a series of intimate dramas and nostalgic comedies.[1][2]

The protogonist of the film spent 50 years of her life in mental assylum. To start a new life she moved to her mansion encountering a crime that held 50 years ago.

Cast

Reception

The film was generally poorly received by critics. Variety's writer Jay Weissberg criticized the direction of Avati, marked as "incapable of turning the gothic into anything remotely interesting, delivering bland, predictable scenes devoid of tension".[3] The Hollywood Reporter's critic Natasha Senjanovic noted the high kitsch value in the film, and blamed on the "implausible and illogical" plot twists.[4] Italian film critic Paolo Mereghetti referred to The Hideout as "anachronistic and naive", but praised the cruel and non-obvious ending of the film chosen by Avati.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Simona Mammano (November 18, 2007). "Nello Iowa tra misteri e serpenti". La Repubblica. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Gabriele Barcaro (December 11, 2007). "Avati reveals his hideout". CinEuropa. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Jay Weissberg (December 18, 2007). "Review: 'The Hideout'". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Natasha Senjanovic (December 2, 2007). "The Hideout". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. pp. 2213–2214. ISBN 8860736269.


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